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Relationship between body weight and loading densities in fish transport using the plastic bag method
Author(s) -
FROESE R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1988.tb00430.x
Subject(s) - biology , fish <actinopterygii> , plastic bag , ammonia , zoology , ecology , fishery , biochemistry , composite material , materials science
. The transportation of live fish in sealed plastic bags was examined. Water parameters and loading densities were analysed. Based on several assumptions an estimation of oxygen consumption during transport was performed indicating that metabolism during transport was about three times higher than routine metabolism. There was some evidence that small fish were more affected by transportation stress, and that large fish need a longer starvation time before transport to reduce ammonia excretion sufficiently.